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== Introduction ==


'''IPV6''' is '''I'''nternet '''P'''rotocol '''V'''ersion '''6'''.  [[Internet_Protocol|Internet Protocol]] is a system that allows each computer to be identified on the internet.  Each computer is issued a numeric address (called an IP ('''I'''nternet '''P'''rotocol) address. That is a number that identifies the computer, like youra home address identifies youra house) called an I.P ('''I'''nternet '''P'''rotocol) address.  . Under the priorevious version  ,<ref name="IPV4">{{Cite web|url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc791|title=IPV4}}</ref>, IPV4 (Internet Protocol, Version 4), alleach computers are on the internet wereas assigned a set of twelve decimal numbers.  It would be  12 numbers in all, broken upThose numbers were grouped into four sets of three numbers, with the groups separated by a periods (  for example 192.168.1.254).    23.456.7.890).⏎
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This worked well, however, IPV4but it was limited to   4.3 billion addresses that it could hand out before there was no more to hand out.  <p> With everyone now. With more and more people using the internet on their phones, their computers, their laptops, even their Television sets, there jusat wasn't enough numbers to go around.  SoIP addresses. Therefore, on July 14, 2017,  ⏎
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<ref name="IPV6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2017/07/rfc-8200-ipv6-has-been-standardized/|title=IPV6}}</ref> IPV6 was introduced to the web!.

== How it works ==
Internet Protocol Version 4 used four set of three decimal numbers separated by a period  (for example: 192.168.1.254).  Internet Protocol Version 6 uses 8 sets of [[Hexadecimal_numeral_system | hexadecimal numbers ]] separated by colons.   ''"Hexa"'' means 16, and as a matter of fact, the hexadecimal number system counts up to 16.   In the  [[Decimal]] system, we could be able to count to 16 by counting 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15.  In the hexade(contracted; show full)g of four hex numbers) would be the subnet, in the case of our first IPV6 address that woudld be '''DFE1''' (13,14,15,1 in hexadecimal) (  A subnet is a second network connected to the first network).  The last four set of four digit numbers would be your device address (0063:0000:0000:FEFB).  The device address is the actual IPV6 address that connects to your Android, your computer, your T.V set, pretty much any device that's online will get an address from this section!